1 Samuel 25:4

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.

Cross-references

2 Samuel 13:23 also features sheepshearing as a backdrop for conflict — Absalom's feast leads to murder, mirroring the tension here.

Genesis 38:12 also mentions sheepshearing — Judah goes to his sheepshearers, leading to an encounter with Tamar.